Departures of note

Peter May was a Scottish novelist, screenwriter, and former journalist, born in Glasgow on 20 December 1951. After being expelled from school in the 1960s for his rebellious streak, he pursued his dream of writing, first working as a journalist before creating two series for the BBC and co-writing and producing the Gaelic-language series Machair, set on the Isle of Lewis in northwest Scotland. He left television in 1996 to write full time, beginning with a series of crime novels set in China.